Monty Python’s Final Episode Airs on BBC

On December 5, 1974

The final episode of Monty Python aired, which disbanded due to one member who lost interest and another who struggled with alcoholism.

This Day in History - December 5

2014

NASA successfully launched Exploration Flight Test 1 to test the Orion crew module.

2016

Malta became the first European country to ban gay conversion therapy.

1991

Ukraine elected its first President since the nation gained its independence from the Soviet Union.

1776

The first fraternity in the US was founded at William and Mary College: Phi Beta Kappa.

2019

The World Health Organization announced that 142,000 people died of measles around the world in 2018, nearly 20,000 more than in 2017.

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